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Planning Policy Statement: Planning and Climate Change
(PDF† format 100K) Nov 2007
This briefing sets out the planning principles the Northern Ireland Assembly should observe in order to tackle climate change.
Assembly Briefing No 1 - The Climate Change Bill
(PDF† format 101K) June 2007
This Assembly briefing aims to persuade MLAs to agree to opt-in to the Climate Change Bill.
Planning Policy Statement 14
Sustainable Development in the Countryside
(PDF† format 56K) June 2006
This briefing makes the case for supporting Planning Policy Statement 14 on Sustainable Development in the Countryside
Planning
for the environment in Northern Ireland
(PDF format 275K) April 2006
This action guide will tell you all you need to know about the planning
system in Northern Ireland, how you can participate in planning decisions
and how to use it in your campaigning.
Adopt a Polluter
- filthy factories, dodgy dumps and squalid sewage
(PDF format 241K) March
2005
Friends of the Earth is campaigning for Environment and Heritage
Service to be replaced with a new independent Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA). This briefing enables you to join our campaign.
Investing
in a better future - Ethical pensions, insurance and investments
(PDF format) May 2003
By investing in ethical pensions, insurance schemes and other products
we can secure a stable, safe future for ourselves and our families without
contributing to climate change, environmental destruction and social
injustice.
Relocalising
food procurement
(PDF format 106K) April
2003
How a 'local first' purchasing policy can
boost farm incomes and cut food miles.
Towards
Sustainable Economies:
challenging neoliberal economic globalisation
(PDF format) Sept 2002
Neoliberal economics have failed, but what are the alternatives
and how can we measure real economic welfare?
Regional
Transportation Strategy - Reverse Transport Spending
(PDF format) Mar 2002
Peter Robinson's Proposed Regional Transportation Strategy panders to
three common transport myths: that everyone has a car; that roads spending
benefits the economy; and that building new road space eases congestion.
This briefing sets out the case for spending a far greater proportion
of strategy resources on public transport.
How to win at BMAP!
(PDF format) Mar 2002
A guide to the Belfast Metropolitan Area Plan for concerned citizens,
campaigners and community groups.
Vision Impaired
- An Analysis of the DARD Vision Group Report
(PDF format 128K)
Dec 2001
This briefing sets out why the 'Vision' report is an inadequate foundation
on which to build the future of food and farming in Northern Ireland
and why it presents a dangerously narrow agenda on which to conduct
the current debate.
The case for
the full implementation of the Aggregates Levy in Northern Ireland
(PDF format) Aug 2001
Quarry industry lobbyists have argued that the introduction of the aggregates
levy in Northern Ireland will give operators in the Republic an unfair
advantage and that jobs will migrate over the border. This briefing
explains how the levy could help in the creation of thousands of jobs
and regenerate struggling rural economies.
Railways:
ruin or revival?
(PDF format) Sept 2000
The Northern Ireland Assembly will shortly be
making tough choices on public expenditure priorities
for the next three years. As our railways face a
deepening crisis, this briefing argues the case for rail
and responds to the conclusions of the Railways Task
Force report.
Rural settlement patterns and access to development land
(PDF† format) Apr 2008
This report demonstrates that PPS14: Sustainable Development in the countryside is not a threat to Northern Ireland’s rural dwellers.
Consensus grows on Environmental Protection Agency
(PDF† format 957K) Jan 2008
This is a stakeholder endorsement document, with comments in support of an EPA from political parties, business leaders and other key stakeholders.
Sewage
treatment in Northern Ireland: Hotspots - a legal opinion
(PDF format) Dec 2004
This is a legal opinion on the policy that the Northern Ireland
Environment and Heritage Service (EHS) should not object to applications
for planning permission for development in 56 'hotspot' locations
where there is inadequate sewage treatment infrastructure.
Environmental Protection Consultation: analysis of responses
(PDF format 360K) Oct 2004
This report provides an analysis of the responses to the Environmental Protection Consultation. This consultation was based on the report by Professor Richard Macrory on Northern Ireland’s environmental protection regime.
Transparency
and Trust: Reshaping Environmental Governance in Northern Ireland -
full report
(PDF format 300K) April
2004
This report describes a range of options for effective environmental
governance in Northern Ireland, including the creation of an independent
Environmental Protection Agency. The Executive
summary is also available(PDF format
78K).
M1/Westlink
'Freight First' proposal
(PDF format 357K) Nov
2003
The Freight First proposal would see a reallocation of space to give
priority to freight and public transport vehicles over the private car.
Freight First also proposes the introduction of priority signalling
allowing lorries and buses a head start on cars.
Localising
the Food Economy in Northern Ireland - Opportunities and Strategy for
Growth
(PDF format 794K) June
2002
This report presents a vision focused upon a local, not global, food
economy where food products are consumed close to their point of production
- and proceeds to outline a strategy for achieving it.
Out
of the Shadows
(PDF format) June 2000
The future of Northern Ireland’s railways. A report by the Transport
Research and Information Network for Friends of the Earth (Northern
Ireland).
The Draft Climate Change Bill, March 2007: response from Friends of the Earth (Northern Ireland)
(PDF format - 102K) June 2007
Friends of the Earth believes that there are strong moral, economic, social and environmental imperatives for Northern Ireland to contribute its fair share of global emissions cuts.
A submission to the DOE consultation on proposals for managing the coexistence of GM, conventional and organic crops
(PDF format) Apr 2007
Friends of the Earth considers that DOE’s proposals for a coexistence regime for Northern Ireland are deeply flawed, and based on incorrect assumptions and misinterpretation of EU law.
Response by Friends of the Earth to draft PlanningPolicy Statement 14: Sustainable Development in the Countryside
(PDF format) Jun 2006
In adopting a presumption against development in open countryside, the Department for Regional Development (DRD) has made an important step in moving Northern Ireland towards more sustainable forms of rural development.
Putting
justice at the heart of the Planning System in Northern Ireland: response
to Reforming Planning Proposals to Amend Primary Legislation in Northern
Ireland, August 2004
(PDF format) Nov 2004
The introduction of robust rights of participation in planning, along
with a statutory duty to promote sustainable development, would position
the Northern Ireland Planning System as one of the most progressive
and just in Europe.
A
position report on the future investment needs of the Northern Ireland
railway network
(PDF format) Sept 2004
In the rest of the UK and Ireland, the respective governments are investing
in rail. Meanwhile in Northern Ireland, the Government is contemplating
closing key stretches of the network. In this report, Friends of the
Earth argues that the network should be expanded, not cut.
Response
by Friends of the Earth to Transparency and Trust: Reshaping Environmental
Governance in Northern Ireland (The Macrory Report)
(PDF format) June 2004
This paper is a detailed response and addresses options for the"Delivery
mechanisms surrounding Environment and Heritage Service" section
from the Macrory Report.
The
reform of water and sewerage services in Northern Ireland
(PDF format - 176K) June
2003
A response to the consultation on the future of Water Service.
Promoting
Sustainable Living
(PDF format - 248K) Sept
2002
A consultation response on the Sustainable Development strategy for
Northern Ireland.
Issue 15 - Autumn 2007
(PDF† format - 347K)
It's time for the Assembly to take the lead, Arlene Foster MLA, Review of countryside planning policy, The Island Gathering 2007, Why churches need a climate change, Big decisions in the Big House, Emerald Isle to cut greenhouse gases, Opt-in or cop-out, Environment watchdog final report.
Issue 14 - Spring 2007
(PDF† format - 280K)
Will the Assembly join the revolution, Dr Nicola Creighton, Climate proofing the planning system, Spreading the word of the Big Ask, Executive Decisions, Climate agenda heats up, EPA update, Hotspots victory in European court, Act for climate.
Issue
13 - Autumn 2006
(PDF† format - 404K)
Will Northern Ireland catch the green wave, Philip Allen, Growing activism,
EPA in sight, Ride the wave or wipe-out, Wealth or welfare, Rail vision,
Hotspots court victory, The Big Answer.
Issue
12 - Spring 2006
(PDF† format - 332K)
Environmental Protection Agency, DOE legal defence dead in the water,
Professor Amyan Macfadyen, Polluter pays - but not Kilroot, Local successes,
Pause for reflection, Ban on bungalow blight, Waste Strategy a waste
of paper, Renewable energy future for Northern Ireland, Transport round-up.
Issue 11
- Autumn 2005
(PDF† format - 258K)
Hotspots court cases announced, EPA inquiry begins, Lord Rooker
profile, A new team member, First 'Island Gathering', Environmental
governance and sustainability, Planning rights under threat, Adopt a
polluter successes, Climate policy frozen in time, Third time unlucky
for waste strategy.
Issue 10
- Spring 2005
(PDF format - 258K)
Sewage hotspots reach boiling point, Kilroot - carbon dinosaur,
Oisín Coghlan profile, fighting pollution action guide, the future
of planning, crisis in planning, Kyoto climate contract commences, Government
wasters exposed, 8 out of 10 say DOE failing on pollution.
Issue 9 -
Autumn 2004
(PDF format - 1.4MB)
'Illegal' Crown immunity must go, Waste strategy has "failed to
deliver", Sammy weatherup profile, Environmental protection debate
gains momentum, Must try harder on recycling, Why Europe is important,
Rail threat, Northern Ireland sensitive to Europe, Europe begins legal
action on planning.
Issue 8 -
Spring 2004
(PDF format - 911K)
Environmental protection debate begins, Why Northern Ireland needs effective
environmental protection, Professor Richard Macrory profile, Water Service
scorecard, Adopt a polluter, Waste wranglings, Strangford saved?
Issue 7 -
Autumn 2003
(PDF format - 191K)
Europe set to take legal action, Leaky landfill legacy, Angela Smith
MP profile, Reducing food miles from gate to plate, Farming's future,
Eyesore or elegant solution?, New head on the block.
Issue 6 -
Spring 2003
(PDF format - 215K)
DOE gagged, Lignite lunacy, Pollution park, Westlink show trial, Buy
local food.
Issue
5 - Summer 2002
(PDF format - 937K)
Westlink round two, Fair trade for farmers, John McCormick profile,
Transport strategy response, In a spin over GM, Planning justice, Rio
plus 10, Stop Esso, Scotland dumped on.
Issue 4 -
Spring 2002
(PDF format - 651K)
Regional Transportation strategy, Rail line closure, Department of Environment
in court, New environment minister, Renewable energy review, Benefits
of local food.
Issue 3 -
Autumn 2001
(PDF format - 758K)
Rail success, Vision for food and farming, Westlink report, Green transport
league tables, Quarry tax.
Issue 2 -
Spring 2001
(PDF format - 1.1MB)
M1/Westlink:public inquiry or kangaroo court? Railways: citizens call
for cash, Our changing climate, Walking bus, Growing a local food economy.
Issue 1 -
Summer 2000
(PDF format - 670K)
Railways in Crisis, Westlink Review, A bright future for farming, Waste
Strategy Launched, What future for Sellafield?
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